diff --git a/Sources/sourcekit-lsp/SourceKitLSP.swift b/Sources/sourcekit-lsp/SourceKitLSP.swift
index ca8aa9648..613b059b9 100644
--- a/Sources/sourcekit-lsp/SourceKitLSP.swift
+++ b/Sources/sourcekit-lsp/SourceKitLSP.swift
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ struct SourceKitLSP: AsyncParsableCommand {
       ),
       defaultWorkspaceType: defaultWorkspaceType,
       generatedFilesPath: generatedFilesPath,
-      backgroundIndexing: experimentalFeatures.contains("background-indexing"),
       experimentalFeatures: Set(experimentalFeatures.compactMap(ExperimentalFeature.init))
     )
   }